Nautilus supports the following removable media:
Audio CD
Camera
CD-ROM
Floppy diskette
Iomega Jaz disk
Iomega Zip disk
Memory Stick
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For Nautilus to recognize removable media, you must have an appropriate entry for the media in the /etc/fstab file. | |
To mount media is to make the file system of the media available for access. When you mount media, the file system of the media is attached as a subdirectory to your file system.
To mount media, insert the media in the appropriate device. An object that represents the media is added to the desktop background. The object is added only if your system is configured to mount the device automatically when media is detected.
If your system is not configured to mount the device automatically, you must mount the device manually. Right-click on the desktop background, then choose Disks->device_name. For example, to mount a floppy diskette, choose Disks->Floppy. An object that represents the media is added to the desktop background.
You can display media contents in any of the following ways:
Double-click on the object that represents the media on the desktop background.
Right-click on the object that represents the media on the desktop background, then choose Open.
A Nautilus window displays the contents of the media. To reload the display, click on the Reload button.
To display the properties of removable media, right-click on the object that represents the media on the desktop background, then choose Properties. A dialog displays the properties of the media.
To close the properties dialog, click Close.
To format media is to prepare the media for use with a particular file system. When you format media, you overwrite any existing information on the media. You can use the file manager to format floppy diskettes.
To format a floppy diskette, perform the following steps:
Insert the diskette in the diskette drive. Mount the diskette. For information on how to mount media, see To Mount Media.
Right-click on the object that represents the diskette on the desktop background, then choose Format. A Format a Floppy dialog is displayed.
Select your format options in the Format a Floppy dialog. The following table describes the elements on the dialog:
Dialog Element
Description
Floppy device
Displays the name of the floppy device.
File system type
Select the type of file system in which you want to format the diskette.
Floppy density
Select the density that you want for the diskette.
Quick format
Select this option to create only the file system on the diskette. A quick format does not check for bad blocks. This option works only on diskettes that have previously been formatted.
Click Format to format the diskette.
To eject media, right-click on the media object on the desktop background, then choose Eject. If the drive for the media is a motorized drive, the media is ejected from the drive. If the drive for the media is not a motorized drive, a message is displayed when you can manually eject the media.
You cannot eject media from a motorized drive when the media is mounted. To eject media, first unmount the media. To remove a floppy diskette from the drive, perform the following steps:
Close all Nautilus windows, Terminal windows, and any other windows that access the diskette.
Right-click on the object that represents the diskette on the desktop background, then choose Unmount Volume.
Eject the diskette from the drive.
Caution If you eject the diskette from the drive before you unmount the diskette, you might lose the data on the diskette.